The 49ers’ 45-point outburst vs. the Cardinals in Week 15 put them at 30.3 points per game for the season. It’s not easy to average 30 for an entire year, and this year’s club is on track to be the highest-scoring in franchise history.
Through 14 games this season San Francisco has 425 points. That’s the 14th-highest total in club history. If they average 30 in their next two games they’ll be at 485 points – their third-highest mark ever behind the 1948 and 1994 teams.
In 1948 the team scored a whopping 495 points in just 14 games. In 1994 they set the franchise record with 505 point in their 16 contests.
While the 1994 team benefitted from the two extra games the ’48 club didn’t get, this year’s team could also set a franchise record with the benefit of an extra game.
If they do get to 485 heading into the final game, they’d need just 21 points to set the franchise scoring record. Given that they’ll likely need to win out to secure a No. 1 seed in the NFC, it’s certainly on the table that they continue racking up a record-number of points.
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